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The civic and private land conservation community works across six continents to protect and steward treasured landscapes.
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Empowering a Global Community for Land Conservation
The International Land Conservation Network connects civic and private organizations and people, across boundaries and around the world, to accelerate the protection and strengthen the management of land and natural resources.
Announcement
2023 ILCN Webinar Series: Indigenous Led Land Conservation
Join the ILCN for these webinars exploring Indigenous Led Land Conservation. The first webinar of the series was recorded on May 3rd, and is available now on the resources page.
The second webinar in the series will get on-ground to explore what land management practices are used in indigenous-led conservation, what uses and values are protected, how these practices and uses differ from western conservation approaches, and how they can inform mainstream conservation practices..
To register for the next webinar, please visit the registration page.
News from ILCN and Our Partners
Featured Resources
The body of literature exploring private and civic land conservation is constantly growing, both in scope and scale. Three outstanding new publications are featured below.
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From the Ground Up: How Land Trusts and Conservancies are Providing Solutions to Climate Change
This Policy Focus Report presents a dozen case studies that demonstrate how land trusts, conservancies, and other nongovernmental civic organizations have meaningfully addressed climate change over the past several decades.
Global
Report on the 2021 ILCN-ELCN Global Congress
Summary of the 2021 ILCN-ELCN Global Congress, including session descriptions and links to recordings.
Global
Report on the Large Landscape Peer Learning Initiative: The Journey of the First Cohort
The Large Landscape Peer Learning Initiative (LLPLI) is an effort designed to: help articulate, through peer exchange and sharing of best practices, the strategic vision of large landscape conservation initiatives around the globe, and to monitor the implementation of these strategic visions over time.
What Our Partners Are Saying
It has never been more important to work together across the world to promote and expand private land conservation. In one sense, COVID19 means that borders are being restored to their medieval status as obstacles, but in another way, the power of the virus is showing us how meaningless borders are. Our native creatures look on in bemusement.
Uniting the passion of private land-owners with conservation-focused government has never been a better idea, and I’m hopeful that this is a time when we can further build an understanding of the impact global partnership can have on conserving and strengthening our natural environment. ILCN has a critical role to play in spreading the word and keeping us all energized with the possibilities of private land conservation in a difficult time. Trust for Nature is proud to be part of ILCN and draw on the inspiration of other like-minded organizations around the world.
“I [congratulate you on the work] of the International Land Conservation Network. It’s so exciting to know that [you are convening] people from many countries—from six continents—who care passionately about … conservation. It [is] a brilliant idea to link together private landowners with government agencies and NGOs who all share the goal of preserving the natural world.”
“The creation of the ILCN was a conservation milestone. Its example has inspired the establishment of a similar initiative to encourage effective private land conservation across Europe.”
“The ILCN and its partners on six continents are key in sustaining momentum for conservation at local, regional, national and international scales. Your patience and persistence, as well as the new paradigms you are exploring for cross-boundary, cross-sectoral conservation initiatives, are vitally important – and the emerging successes being highlighted by the ILCN are a source of inspiration for us all.”
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